Lake Speed News

8/28/1997

8/28/1997

August 28, 1997
See the Lake Speed/Melling/Cartoon Network Press Release at Nate's Lake Speed Page (8-28-97)

8/27/1997

8/27/1997

August 27, 1997
Lake Speed and the #9 Melling team has landed Cartoon Network sponsorship for 1998(Thanks Chaz Hinkle)(8-27-97)

8/23/1997

8/23/1997

August 23, 1997
Lake Speed attempted and made the Bristol race which was not on their limited schedule(8-23-97)

8/18/1997

8/18/1997

August 18, 1997
"Lake Speed may be landing The Cartoon Network as his new sponsor, according to sources close to the team"(JournalNow)(8-18-97)

8/16/1997

8/16/1997

August 16, 1997
As rumored here yesterday: "Lake Speed might wind up with sponsorship next season by The Cartoon Network, according to sources close to the team"(JournalNow), the team of course is the #9 Harry Melling team(8-16-97)

8/16/1997

8/16/1997

August 16, 1997
Another Cartoon Network rumor has them teaming up with Lake Speed and the #9 Melling Ford in 1998(8-15-97)

8/6/1997

8/6/1997

August 6, 1997
Melling Racing and Lake Speed have added two races to their 1997 schedule: Darlington and New Hampshire. They will race more depending on sponsorship(Lake Speed Page)(8-6-97)

7/25/1997

7/25/1997

July 25, 1997
Update to the earlier story I posted where I said that the #9 Melling Ford would not be sponsored by Pierry Industries anymore in 1997: Pierry Manufacturing and Delta Faucets have both signed associate sponsorship deals with Melling Racing for the upcoming Brickyard

7/18/1997

7/18/1997

July 18, 1997
I hear rumors that the #9 Melling Ford and Lake Speed are close to a full-time sponsorship deal, but I hear it is not Planet Hollywood as rumored here before on 6-26, see the special Lake Speed page of rumors link below(7-19-97)

6/17/1997

6/17/1997

June 17, 1997
Lake Speed will be driving the #9 Melling Ford at California Speedway this weekend, not Jeff Davis as reported earlier, no idea of sponsorship(6-17-97)

6/13/1997

6/13/1997

June 13, 1997
Miller 400 Oddities from the AP: Jerry Nadeau, the 13th driver to attempt to qualify on Friday the 13th, crashed. In other qualifying coincidences, three identical speeds were posted. Mike Skinner and Dick Trickle shared a speed of 181.420 mph. Dale Earnhardt and Chad

6/13/1997

6/13/1997

June 13, 1997
To update the Lake Speed situation a little bit. Jeff Davis, who is in California is looking at putting a similar deal together with Melling like the one he had at Sonoma last month. Ultra-Shield would again be the sponsor(6-13-97)

Bud Moore sponsors

Bud Moore sponsors

June 3, 1997
I hear from a great source, that Bud Moore has three sponsors talking to him, Ford is telling Moore to chose which one he wants so they can channel the other two to Geoff Bodine and Lake Speed. Supposedly Geoff gets the second pick in this deal. All with help from

Lake Speed’s car

Lake Speed’s car

February 11, 1997
Noticed during the 8pm(est) qualifying recap show on ESPN that Lake Speed and the #9 car had absolutely no sponsorship on the car. From what I hear, the car cannot carry the Nebraska logo due to NCAA regulations, so the car will not look like either of the images I